Drawers-supporter



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H. H. R'IGGLEMAN. DRAWERS SUPPORTER.

No. 602,958. Patented Apr. 26, 1898.

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HOWARD H. RIGGLEMAN, OF NEW LONDON, CONNECTICUT.

DRAWERS-BUPPORTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 602,958, dated April 26, 1898. Application filed March 9,1897. Serial No. 626,579. (No modelJ To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, HOWARD H. RIGGLE- MAN,2L citizen of the United States, residing at New London, in the county of New London and State of Connecticut, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Drawers-Supportersg and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to garment-supporters, and is especially designed for supporting undergarments, such as drawers.

The aim of the invention is to provide a clip which is adjustable or slidable upon one of the suspender-ends and which, after the suspenders have been secured to the trousers, may be slid so as to be brought into engagement with the drawers for upholding the latter in a secure and efficient manner.

The invention consists in a garment-supporter embodying certain novel features and details of construction, as hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the drawings, and pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a perspective view of the improved garmentsupporter per se. Fig. 2 is a similar view showing the supporter as applied to a suspender-end. Fig. 3 is a sectional view showing the manner in which the supporter engages the drawers. Fig. 4 shows a slightmodification in the form of the supporter.

Similar numerals of reference designate corresponding parts in the several views.

The garment-supporter contemplated in this invention is in the form of a metal clip, the same being constructed in one piece from a sheet-metal blank. A piece of metal, (indicated at 1,) which is originally of substantially rectangular shape, is deflected at one end (the upper end) when the device is in its applied position to form a V-shaped bend 2. At this end of the clip or supporter two apertures are formed, 3 indicating the upper aperture, and 4: the lower one, which lies close to the upper one, being separated therefrom by means of a cross web or bar 5. The apertures 3 and 4 are shown as rectangular; but

of course their shape may be varied without departing from the principle of this invention.

Extending vertically across the upper aperture 3 is a central cross bar or web 6, which is adapted to lie between the divided portions 7 of a Suspender-end, so as to engage with the loop of the suspender-end and prevent the clip orsupporter from becoming entirelydisplaced therefrom. This cross bar or web 6 may be dispensed with where the supporter or clip is to be sold independently of the suspenders; but where the suspenders are sold equipped with the clips or supporters it is preferred to employ said cross bar or web 6 for the purpose stated.

The lower edge of the clip or supporter 1 is recurved, as indicated at 8, and provided with teeth or spurs 9, adapted to engage the upper edge of the drawers for supporting the same. The lower edge of the clip is recurved upon that side where the Suspender-end is received and so as to face the inner surface of the trousers. After the suspenders have been secured to the buttons on the trousers the clip is slid downward on the Suspender-end and carried inside of the trousers. The drawers are then lifted and pressed close to the inner surface of the upper band of the trousers, and the clip is then pushed against the drawers until the teeth 9 engage therewith, when, by reason of the particular disposition of the curved or deflected upper end of the clip in connection with the teeth 9, the clip will be normally pressed toward the trousers, thus insuring the retention of the drawers upon the teeth of the clip. In disrobing the clip may be readily disengaged from the drawers and slid upward on the suspender-ends.

It will of course be understood that the supporter or clip hereinbefore described is susceptible of changes in the form, proportion, and minor details of construction, which may accordingly be resorted to without departing from the principle or sacrificing any of the advantages of the invention.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new, and desired to be secured by Letters Patent, is-

1. A clip for the purpose described, consisting of a single piece of sheet metal hav- IOO 10 said aperture, and an auxiliary cross-bar connected and extending substantially at right angles to said first-mentioned cross-bar, substantially as and for the purpose described.

In testimony whereof I have signed this specification in the presence of two subscrib- 15 ing witnesses.

HOWARD H. RIGGLEMAN. Witnesses:

WILLIAM J. BRENNAN, WALTER CUNOYES. 

